Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings

Resumo

The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Council) intends to prepare a DSEIS to assess the impacts on the natural and human environment of the management measure proposed in its draft Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Queen Conch Resources of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (FMP). The purpose of this document is to solicit public comments on the scope of the issues to be addressed in the DSEIS and to provide information on the Council's intended schedule for hearings for completing the DSEIS and submitting it to NMFS for filing with the Environmental Protection Agency for publication of a notice-of-availability for public comment.